1 thought on “Alle Sterne vom Himmel”

This was an interesting novel about a young woman coming of age just prior to and during the second world war. Probably first and foremost I would describe it as a love story, which is not normally my topic of choice, but this facet of the story was never in any way kitschy, superficial or cheap. The novel also dealt with this young woman's ambitions to become a professional pianist, her humble beginnings and her tremendous innate talents. It described her struggle to separate herself from small [...]

This was Utta Danella's first book and the original manuscript had 1.000 pages. Too bad that her publisher forced her to eliminate 500 pages. I'm sure it would have been even better in full lenght!This story starts a few years before the out break of WW II in Germany and the location is Berlin.It covers 7 or 8 years in the life of the female protagonist until WW II is over and she finally finds her soul mate.